Eyelights Therapy - Eyelights were designed to provide optimal stimulation to the brain using the optic nerve. Glasses designed with flashing lights built to fit behind the lens, they can be programmed to blink on the non-dominant eye in order to strengthen the weaker side of the brain. Since one of the most direct avenues to the brain is via the eye, a child can learn more effectively if they are seeing correctly. And an athlete will perform better because the eye is able to gather all of the information necessary to perform.

By stimulating the weaker hemisphere of the brain you allow it to become stronger, thus improving overall performance. One method of stimulating the brain is to use light pulses. When using Eyelights you can control the intensity, frequency, and pattern of light pulses, which will result in being able to wake up the weaker side of the brain!

Ocular light
therapy is a method of therapeutically sending light through the eyes in order
to stimulate brain function. Light through the eyes enables us to open up
neurological pathways into specific brain structures, significantly affecting
the brain and every cell of the body. Although we live on air, water, and food
as nourishment, we are energy and light, and we are affected and nourished by
light. Light is the second most important environmental input, after food, in
controlling bodily functions. Studies have shown that application of light can
affect the entire blood stream through circulation and elimination of toxins.

Research suggests that our nervous system, like our vascular system, may
have two functions. It not only puts out and receives nerve impulses, but also
may be a channel for the streaming of energy. Light ignites cellular metabolism.
It enters the eye and goes to the body's power distribution center, the
hypothalamus, where it is converted into electro-chemical impulses that are sent
to important endocrine glands such as the pituitary and the pineal. These
glands, in turn, distribute the hormonal messages via the body's nervous system
to virtually every cell in the body.

How Do Eyelights Work?

Eyelights target the weaker functioning side of the brain via the
non-dominant eye. Light stimulation directly to the non-dominant brain causes
an excitatory barrage to travel to the mesencephalon, the most metabolic area of
the brain, where an increase in cellular activity takes place. The excitatory
barrage travels also to the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes of the
brain, while collateral fibers lead to the pineal gland, pituitary gland, and
hypothalamus.

Both sides of the brain are being affected, but emphasis is placed on the
non-dominant system where dysfunction usually first occurs. Stimulation of the
non-dominant eye will affect the opposite hemisphere of the brain via the
thalamus. When stimulating the right eye, the left side or analytical portion
of the brain will be affected greater. When stimulating the left eye, the right
side or creative portion of the brain will be affected greater.

Eyelights offer a choice of settings for either the right or left eye. The lights flash in a monocular
pattern with both the top and bottom rows flashing at the same time. However,
one row will always flash brighter than the other. When the upper row of lights
is flashing brighter, it will affect the temporal lobe (mentality/emotionality)
of the brain and parvo cells of the thalamus greater. When the bottom row of
lights is flashing brighter, it will affect the parietal lobe (sensory/motor)
and magno cells of the thalamus greater.

Non-Dominant Eye

Upon fatigue, the non-dominant eye
will lateralize. When you are looking straight ahead, the dominant eye looks
right at you, while the weaker eye has broken its yoke and lateralizes to the
side (looks at the doorknob). The brain is not able to look in two different
directions and maintain proper input or thought processes. Since it is looking
at two different objects, the brain will cortically suppress the input from the
non-dominant eye, recognizing only the information from the dominant eye. When
this occurs, the rods and cones (photosensitive cells located in the retina that
convert light energy into signals) of the eye are not being brought up to
threshold, and the "use it or lose it" cycle begins.

When suppression of the visual centers occurs there is also loss of motor
output, resulting in muscle imbalance. Medial rectus eye muscles and multifidi
muscles of the spine are in the same homologous column and, therefore, have the
same constraints. On the side of medial rectus weakness you will see hypotonic
(decreased tone) musculature, while on the dominant side you will see increased
tone.

FAQ's

Why do
Eyelights flash for 2 seconds and rest for 8 seconds?

Eyelights
provide a quick burst of light followed by a long rest period so as not to
fatigue the brain too quickly. Whereas a strobe light provides a continuous
flash of light, causing the brain to constantly work to process the input,
resulting in a quicker break down.

PROTOCOL

Alzheimer's Disease

Eyelights therapy can excite nerve cells, minimizing further degeneration,
and potentially slow down the progression of the disease. Light therapy can
also cause the brain to produce higher levels of neurotransmitters, improving
function within the temporal lobe (memory/mental state).

Dyslexia

Dyslexics have an abnormality that slows down the mangno cell pathway, located in the thalmas, that does fast processing for precieved postision, motion, shape, and low contrast. Eyelights therapy stimulates the entire thalamus so that all 12 layers are
functioning at their optimal level. When 100% of the thalamus is excited, magno
cell function will improve, improving preception of visual stimuli. It has been found that 87% of reading disabled
children showed an improvement in comprehension while reading with blue
filters. It is thought that a blue filter removes enough of the red in what a
person sees thus allowing the magno cells to work properly.

ADHD

Many symptoms of ADHD are similar
to those associated with binocular vision problems, such as convergence
insufficiency and accommodative problems. Eyelights therapy can help to
strengthen the weaker eye muscle by stimulating the visual system. Light
therapy creates global excitation of the brain, causing an elevation in the
production of hormones and neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine.

Studies have shown that color can also have a profound effect on behavioral
and learning problems. Certain colors can reduce hyperactivity, increase
attention span, and improve speed and accuracy. Behavioral problems within the
classroom have been linked to the fact that fluorescent lighting in classrooms
is lacking the blue spectrum of color.

Autism

In autism, a circuit involing the thalmas and frontal lobe of the brain functions abnormally. Many autistic children exhibit sensory intregation dysfunction, where problens exist in intregrating information coming in from eachof their senses. Eyelights therapy work by stimulating the non-dominant eye you can excite the entire thalamus,
resulting in global excitation of the brain. A cascade of excitation and
activity occurs and eventually reaches each of our other senses, resulting in a
better ability to coordinate sensory information.

Stroke

Brain cells die whrn they no lnger recieve oxygen and nutrients from the blood or there is sudden bleeding around the brain. Eyelights therapy initiates
cellular activity, causing cells to produce new proteins in order to stay
healthy. Since visual pathways are extensive throughout the brain, using light
therapy to excite the cells around the area of stroke can be an effective
rehabilitative tool. Eyelights therapy can minimize further degradation of
tissues around the affected area. The excitation of cells can enhance the
comeback and maturation of the damaged area to help improve mental, physical,
and cognitive losses.

Multiple Sclerosis

In MS, myelin, the fatty substance coating our nerves and enabling them to conduct impulses between the brain and other parts of the body is destroyed. Light therapy can
help sustain myelination by exciting the cerebellum, and in turn, exciting cells
into producing proteins in order to stay healthy. This stimulation also helps
to stabilize muscles of the spine, allowing for better integrity of mid-line
structures.

Tourette Syndrome

Eyelights therapy can calm down outburst activity occurring within the
cortical layers of the brain. Light therapy can be used to enhance serotonin
production, allowing for a readjustment in dopamine levels.

Scoliosis

The brain influences spinal structures. Medial rectus eye muscles and
multifidi muscles of the spine are under the same neurological relationships and
have the same constraints. So, by stimulating the non-dominant eye, the
multifidi also become stimulated and tone changes will occur.

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